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to lade

9.5

To take liquid from a container with a ladle

verb
/leɪd/

Archaic

: servir

She used a ladle to lade soup into the serving bowls.

Examples

They laded soup out of the large pot for the guests.
Please lade the soup into the bowls.
She used a small cup to lade water from the bucket.
The worker began to lade the excess oil from the surface.
He lades the mixture carefully into the container.
The chef will lade the sauce over the pasta before serving.
They lade the liquid from the pot into several jars.

Synonyms

to drain

vsto lade

203 1.0

To let liquid flow away from something

removes by scooping rather than letting liquid flow away

to ladle

vsto lade

9 3.4

To put soup or stew into bowls using a large deep spoon

removes liquid by scooping with a deep spoon rather than serving

to decant

vsto lade

4 6.3

Pour liquid from one container into another to leave solid bits behind

removes liquid by scooping rather than careful transfer to avoid sediment

to draw off

vsto lade

1 4.9

To take liquid from a container by pouring or draining for testing

removes liquid by scooping action instead of general pouring or draining

to dewater

vsto lade

Specialized

1 6.8

To remove water from a flooded place by pumping or draining

removes any liquid by scooping rather than industrial pumping or draining

How Much

to decant

4 6.3

to lade

Archaic

9.5

to scoop

116 1.9

to skim off

2 3.7

to blot

4 4.1

Surface Forms

lade infinitive

lading present participle

lades third person singular

laded past

laded past participle

Etymology

Lade in the sense 'to remove (a liquid or substance) with or as if with a ladle' is linked to the same old root as ladle, the large spoon for soup, so to lade is like scooping or taking liquid away with a ladle.